Mali

A Briton is believed to be one of two people killed in an ongoing attack on a BP gas facility in Algeria. The attackers say 41 hostages have been taken in revenge for attacks on Islamists in Mali.

Al-Qaeda-linked rebels in Mali launch a counter-offensive, taking the town of Diabaly, 400km from the capital Bamako, after three days of French fighter jet strikes on their desert strongholds.

Britain is to transport foreign troops and equipment to Mali but Downing Street says no troops will be used in a combat role.

French fighter jets and helicopters bomb rebel positions in Mali for a third day while the UK provides two military transport aircraft.

David Cameron expresses his “deep concern” about recent rebel advances in Mali as French forces carry out further air strikes against Islamist rebels on Saturday.

An al-Qaeda takeover in northern Mali has sparked an exodus of half a million people. Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum meets some of them as they cross the border to Mauritania.

A militant Islamist leader whose forces have just conquered two-thirds of the West African state of Mali vows to launch holy war against the west.

International outrage grows at the destruction of Timbuktu’s cherished mosques and mausoleums – but it time running out for Mali’s historic landmarks?

There are calls for a return to democratic rule in Mali after two weeks of chaos in which the government was toppled by soldiers and key northern towns – including Timbuktu – captured by separatists.